Month / March 2023
Missing Arkansas Teen Found Dead In A Mississippi National Forest With Multiple Gunshot Wounds, Homicide Investigation Opened
Fredarrious Wilson, an 18-year-old who was reported missing from Arkansas nearly a week ago, was found dead in a national forest in Mississippi on Wednesday. Shirley Howell said her son was found with multiple gunshots, prompting multiple agencies to open up a homicide investigation. The grieving mother told WREG that surveillance […]
Mississippi Sentenced to 42 Months In Prison For Burning Cross to Scare Black Family
A Gulfport, Mississippi, man has been sentenced to 42 months in prison, three years post-release supervision, and ordered to pay $7,810 in fines after burning a cross in his front yard in an attempt to intimidate a Black family. According to The Associated Press, Axel Cox violated the Fair Housing Act […]
Ohio Officer, Who Fatal Shot A Black Man Lying in his Bed, Retires. But That’s Not All
Columbus police say Officer Ricky Anderson, the cop who shot and killed a Black man in his bed, has retired “in bad standing” upon the investigations into his actions the night of the shooting, per NBC News. His retirement also comes after the young man’s family filed a […]
Cops kill Black violence intervention activist during mental health crisis
The shooting on Friday came amid a standoff that lasted more than four hours between 31-year-old Najee Seabrooks and police in Paterson, New Jersey. Hundreds of locals congregated in Paterson, New Jersey on Tuesday to demand justice for Najee Seabrooks, 31, a Black violence intervention activist killed […]
Zendaya is Most Googled Black American Woman of the Year
Zendaya attends the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 26, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) *When it comes to the most influential Black women that are searched on the internet, Zendaya ranks highest on the list. Zendaya’s name […]
19-Year-Old Arrested for Shooting 15-Year-Old Involved in Romantic Affair With Same Older White Woman
In a love triangle gone bad in Florida, two teenagers vying for the affections of an older woman led to one shooting the other. According to Law and Crime, police officials at Rockledge Police Department arrested Diante Stokes after he was accused of shooting a younger teenager who was involved with […]
Federal Appeals Court Rules South Carolina Law That Disproportionately Punished Black Students for Being ‘Boisterous’ or ‘Obnoxious’ at School Is Unconstitutional
A federal appeals court ruled that a law in South Carolina making it a crime for children to be “boisterous” or “obnoxious” at school is unconstitutional, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Feb. 22 that the law deprives students of […]
Chris Rock Speaks At Length About Will Smith Slap In New Comedy Special, The Internet Has Mixed Response
Chris Rock spoke at length about Will Smith during his new live comedy special on Netflix. Rock, who was infamously slapped by Smith during the Oscars, touched on mostly that incident during his show in Baltimore. The post Chris Rock Speaks At Length About Will Smith Slap In […]
‘More Death and Destruction at the Hands of Police’: Morehouse, Spelman Students and Faculty Protest ‘Cop City’ In Atlanta, Fearing More Harm to Black People
A chorus of Morehouse and Spelman students is the latest group protesting the development of Atlanta’s “Cop City.” They fear the training facility for police will produce a hardened, militarized force, and expressed those fears and more during a forum at Morehouse College. “We are […]
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